Damn it, LaRussa

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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 borderColorDark=black cellPadding=5 borderColorLight=black border=1><TBODY><TR><TD noWrap align=middle bgColor=#ffffff colSpan=4>1981 Complete Games Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

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[size=-1]Rick Langford[/size]
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[size=-1]Oakland Athletics[/size]
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[size=-1]Steve McCatty[/size]
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[size=-1]Oakland Athletics[/size]
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[size=-1]Jack Morris[/size]
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[size=-1]Detroit Tigers[/size]
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[size=-1]Larry Gura[/size]
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[size=-1]Kansas City Royals[/size]
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[size=-1]Mike Norris[/size]
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[size=-1]Oakland Athletics[/size]
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[size=-1]Dave Stieb[/size]
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[size=-1]Toronto Blue Jays[/size]
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[size=-1]Ken Forsch[/size]
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[size=-1]California Angels[/size]
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[size=-1]Matt Keough[/size]
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[size=-1]Oakland Athletics[/size]
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56 complete games from these 4 guys, wow who managed this team? a few of these were even 10 inn. performances. One way or another the guy knows what he is doing. I know this is ancient history, but to ever get on him for pulling his pitchers is a kroc, thats not what he is all about.

 

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when your only closer is on the DL, you may want to stick with a guy who hadn't had a ball hit hard against him all night. The Cards were very fortunate to hang on to that one

 

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He Did, If I'm Not Mistaken Marquis Pitched In The Ninth And Was Hit Off Of.

 

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With marquis battiin in the 9th LaRussa did more than mosts managers do and said it's your game until someone gets on. Then someone got on right off the bat, and the matchup was unfavorable.





Sanders and Nunez helped make a winner of Jason Marquis (4-1), who pitched shutout ball into the ninth before the Reds made a game of it. Marquis was allowed to bat in the top of the ninth, but faced only one batter in the bottom half of the inning. Marquis had settled in during the middle innings, but he entered the ninth with 111 pitches already. With the heavily left-handed heart of the Reds order coming up after Ryan Freel's single, it wasn't a hard call to go to Ray King. "I would have liked to finish the game, obviously, but it's a long season," Marquis said. "I'd like to throw a complete game in September. The bullpen did the job tonight."
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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 borderColorDark=black cellPadding=5 borderColorLight=black border=1><TBODY><TR><TD noWrap align=middle bgColor=#ffffff colSpan=4>1981 Complete Games Leaders


Top 25 in the American League


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[size=-1]Rick Langford[/size]


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</TD><TD noWrap align=middle bgColor=#ffd9b3>[size=-1]18[/size] </TD><TD noWrap align=middle bgColor=#ffd9b3>

[size=-1]Oakland Athletics[/size]


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</TD><TD noWrap align=middle bgColor=#ffd9b3>[size=-1]1[/size] </TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=middle bgColor=#ffd9b3>

[size=-1]Steve McCatty[/size]


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</TD><TD noWrap align=middle bgColor=#ffd9b3>[size=-1]16[/size] </TD><TD noWrap align=middle bgColor=#ffd9b3>

[size=-1]Oakland Athletics[/size]


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</TD><TD noWrap align=middle bgColor=#ffd9b3>[size=-1]2[/size] </TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=middle bgColor=#ffd9b3>

[size=-1]Jack Morris[/size]


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</TD><TD noWrap align=middle bgColor=#ffd9b3>[size=-1]15[/size] </TD><TD noWrap align=middle bgColor=#ffd9b3>

[size=-1]Detroit Tigers[/size]


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</TD><TD noWrap align=middle bgColor=#ffd9b3>[size=-1]3[/size] </TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=middle bgColor=#ffd9b3>

[size=-1]Larry Gura[/size]


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</TD><TD noWrap align=middle bgColor=#ffd9b3>[size=-1]12[/size] </TD><TD noWrap align=middle bgColor=#ffd9b3>

[size=-1]Kansas City Royals[/size]


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</TD><TD noWrap align=middle bgColor=#ffd9b3>[size=-1]4[/size] </TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=middle bgColor=#ffd9b3>

[size=-1]Mike Norris[/size]


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[size=-1]Oakland Athletics[/size]


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[size=-1]Dave Stieb[/size]


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</TD><TD noWrap align=middle bgColor=#ffd9b3>[size=-1]11[/size] </TD><TD noWrap align=middle bgColor=#ffd9b3>

[size=-1]Toronto Blue Jays[/size]


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</TD><TD noWrap align=middle bgColor=#ffd9b3>[size=-1]6[/size] </TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=middle bgColor=#ffd9b3>

[size=-1]Ken Forsch[/size]


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[size=-1]California Angels[/size]


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</TD><TD noWrap align=middle bgColor=#ffd9b3>[size=-1]7[/size] </TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=middle bgColor=#ffd9b3>

[size=-1]Matt Keough[/size]


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[size=-1]Oakland Athletics[/size]


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56 complete games from these 4 guys, wow who managed this team? a few of these were even 10 inn. performances. One way or another the guy knows what he is doing. I know this is ancient history, but to ever get on him for pulling his pitchers is a kroc, thats not what he is all about.

That '81 team was managed by Billy Martin. LaRussa didn't arrive in Oakland until '86. The stupidest thing LaRussa ever did was during '94 (I think). The A's had crumbled and LaRussa, not used to a team that had no talent and still riding the "genius" label put on him by idiots like George Will, got a hare-brained idea that instead of pitching one guy nine innings it would be better to pitch three different guys three innings each. He wanted to do this every game. It lasted less than a week before he figured out that no talent means no wins regardless of how you manage or how many computers you use. I think he's a mediocre manager. He should stay in St. Louis because it's almost automatic that they're in the playoffs every year given that they're in the "small-market" division.

 

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Batting a pitcher 8th may not be a bad idea if he can swing the bat like a Mike Hampton. Hell, i'd start him ahead of Raul Mondesi and Brian Jordan at this point. Anyway, I personally think LaRussa is overrated but not as awful as a few think. He certainly isn't in the Whitey Herzog class. He WAS a great manager.

 

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Puts In Ray King Tonight And Deserves What He Is Getting.

 

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Damn it, LaRussa

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Marquis had enough left in the tank to finish this one. Damn it

finally got your wish, He was left in for a big L.
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BUMP in HONOR of the Cardinals recent SKID JOB!!!

 

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It pains me to have this idiot as the Cardinals manager.

Congrats 2011 NL champion Manager!!!!

 

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You guys have no clue what baseball is about. This guy is one of the best managers you'll ever see all the way until he walks into the doors of the Hall of Fame. Many people in St Louis should even be ashamed of how they have treated him. This guy is a mastermind of the game and people should be glad they get to see him. There are only a few good ones left and they'll be gone before long. Enjoy the last of one of the game's great managers of modern era!

One of LaRussa's finest seasons this year. Major injuries to key players and yet back to a WS. He utilized his bullpen brilliantly this series - had no starter go 5 innings in 6 games. Let's hear the haters?
PS-he also won another world series after this thread was started.